Category: Tasks

“Lag Time” represents the number of days that must elapse after a predecessor task is completed before its successor may be started. For instance, if task 1 (the predecessor) is to apply the 1st coat of paint on a wall and task 2 (the successor) is to apply the 2nd coat of paint, a lag […]

A “Finish-to-Start” mandatory dependency means that a predecessor task must be set to completed before its successor may be started. If a lag time is also provided on the “Finish-to-Start” mandatory dependency, that time will need to elapse (after the predecessor has been set to completed) before the successor task may be started. In AceProject, […]

In terms of access rights, there is no difference between being “Assigned” or “Reviewer” on a task. The difference between one and the other pertains to work allocation. When a user is “Assigned” on a task, he/she will share the Estimated Hours allocated on the task with the other “Assigned” users, whereas a “Reviewer” will […]

AceProject provides you with 2 sets of fields for start and end dates. This allows you to compare actual task and project durations with expected numbers. Actual task start and end dates may be provided by the end user but AceProject also has an automatic mode which populates these dates with the current date when […]

Actual Hours are calculated based on timesheet entries recorded by users. For information on the different ways for users to record actual hours in AceProject, please refer to the following help topic.

Since a lot of information can be added when a task is created or edited, losing all your changes because you inadvertently navigated away from the Edit Task Information page can be very frustrating. Therefore, AceProject detects most events where the user is navigating away from the Edit Task Information page when one or several […]

Sometimes, two users open the same task at the same time and attempt to update it simultaneously. The system will only accept the first save and tell the second user that the task has been modified by another user. To make your changes, simply close the task, reopen it, make your changes and save them.

If you are not able to set dates for a task, it is either because the task has been set to completed (in which case a Project Manager or an Administrator would need to reopen the task for further modifications) or because you do not have sufficient Edit Task Level rights on the project. For […]